• J Travel Med · Aug 2024

    Entirely extracted Tunga penetrans in a traveller to Guinea-Bissau.

    • Marlene Thielecke and Andreas K Lindner.
    • Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of International Health, Charité Center for Global Health, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
    • J Travel Med. 2024 Aug 16.

    AbstractA 35-year-old traveller to West Africa returned from his trip with a sand flea embedded in his foot. The pea-sized sand flea was extracted entirely by a non-medical person, allowing an exceptional visualisation. Tungiasis, the sand flea disease, occurs sporadically in travellers. This is the second case reported from Guinea-Bissau.© International Society of Travel Medicine 2024. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.

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